A MILITARY SCANDAL
OFFICERS IN A GAMBLING HOTJSE. B.v Tolcßraph—Press Association-Copyright London, July 27. A court-martial lias been opened at the Guildhall, Westminster, to try Lioutenant-Colonel Charles Prior,; commanding tho transport depot at Deptford, oii a. charge of unmilitary conduct, in inviting subordinate officers to a. gambling house in the West End. All the officers lost at "chemm-de-fer" to an unknown American. One officer, ill his evidence, said lie refused to pay, suspecting that cardrsharping was going 011. He stated that Prior had informed him that he received twentySvo pounds for taking his colleagues to tho place. Prior denied this, and expressed regret 'for forgetting the regulations against gambling. The hearing is being continued in camera.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2526, 29 July 1915, Page 6
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116A MILITARY SCANDAL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2526, 29 July 1915, Page 6
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